And I didn't say that anyone said that.
I didn't get that 'annual' was the important part of your question, my bad.
Idk man you're probably right
MacAnus
joined 2 years ago
Thanks for taking the time.
I do understand the principle of investing and agree on some level that it can be a good thing for starting a business.
You'll surely agree though, that his is not how most see investments, and not what you were describing either;
Netflix does not need more help getting started.
People who invest in that type of business do I purely with speculative intentions.
I have no idea how the legislation came to be, I now realize that was your main question...
I was just giving my opinion on why I think it's a good thing we have those checks on bikes as well as cars.
So yeah I just meant that there are too many selfish idiots around us to let anyone take full responsibility over their vehicle's health, bike or car.
Thank you for the explanation, I get it now!
And thanks for the advice but I wouldn't do that... I don't believe investing is ethical.
The company you invest in has to turn your money into more money somehow, and more often than not that 'somehow' is by fucking over workers, nature, or customers.
I know you only meant to help and I could be wrong, but I do believe we should try to prevent people from 'enjoying the fruits of capitalism' as you put it.
Or atleast let them know that capitalism doesn't grow fruits and all you can do is enjoy the fruits of someone else's labor.
There's no such thing as free money, and 90% of the world population would be a lot better off if people would quit trying to get some.
They are, but it seems that lots of people have forgotten how to take responsibility for their actions and property...
The age-old story of the (hopefully) few making things suck for everybody.
Could you elaborate? I don't really understand the stock market and don't see how investing in them would make it free.
There's something weird going on with the flags and country names
Edit: pretty sure the graphic is AI generated (or maybe just panipulated) :
Look at the scale of the bars. Netherlands and Norway: both at 45,7 but different lengths bars, also look at Greece and Czechia...
I don't think that's naive.
The us have influenced many aspects of european life in one way or another, same for most of the world. To influence =/= to be the only reason for.
I guess for the same reason we need annual car inspections.
Probably something along the lines of : people cant be trusted to keep an eye on their vehicle's condition and we don't want any more pollution and accidents than there already is.
I think it also helps keep vehicles healthy for longer, even though that effect is negated by the fact that we're getting pushed to replace perfectly functional cars with electric ones...
Get out of here with your non-manichean views!
I never thought about that. I like it!
You asked for it, here it is!
All your nice words about my last experiment gave me the drive to get it done, thank you all for that!
I knew I had a "butterfly comb" laying around somewhere. I cut off the comb part of it with an angle grinder and then cut the knife blade to the right size. I did not remove the handles though and that ended up biting me in the ass...
Using a magnet, I positioned the blade against and in line with the stub left from the comb and proceeded to stick weld them together. I was dreading that moment as I'm not good with welding and even worse when it comes to thin-ish material, but it went pretty smoothly and I'm happy how it turned out!
I then went on to grinding. I tried removing the handles but only one came off, the heat from the welding must have something to do with that...
Anyways, the hard part was behind me and all that was left was to grind, sand and polish it as well as my impatient self was willing to.
And there it was:
In all its splendor
The
Butter
Fly
Butter
Knife
For making sandwiches on the job because I don't like spreading stuff with a sharp pointy knife or a box cutter.
I made the handle with a piece of L shaped aluminum profile crudely bent using clamps.
I then pierced a hole through the blade and the handle and test fitted it.
I didn't like how it looked when closed so I decided to drill a new hole after flipping the handle around. (Hence the hole at the end of the handle and the second hole on the blade).
I then riveted everything together twice (one smaller rivet inside a bigger one, no idea if thats a good idea or not but it looks better).
Cut the handle to shape with an angle grinder and softened the edges with a file then different grits of sandpaper.
I got the idea for the handle from the Higonokami.
If you don't know it look it up it's a pretty cool knife!
Pretty sure these are eggs... But what creatures will emerge?
Finger for scale
Outside a local school window.
I'm guessing it has to do with networking but I'm curious about why they're outside, especially as they're not that high off the ground and can easily be tampered with from the street.
Stickers on them read "ROCK" and "ROLL".
For packing joints.
I made a little baseball bat years ago for that purpose and recently had fun making more different ones for friends.
As you can see I used a piece of rebar for the bat.
I "turned" it using a drill and angle grinder then going through different grains of sanding:
The lightsaber's hilt was made the same way, using a dremel tool to get more control on the details.
The "blade" is made of Corian, a synthetic stone commonly used for countertops.
The sword required a lot more precision to make and ended up okay but looking closely nothing is really symmetrical or straight...
I grinded it from a random stick of metal, the pommel is made from aluminum and the grip is two layers of sewing thread soaked in superglue, sanded, then superglued again.
A cross-guard would have added a lot of character but I didn't find a nice and easy enough way to do it, and I was short on time...
Today I jumped back on this project that has been on pause for about a year :)
Turning cheap defective desktop speakers into a set of wireless Bluetooth stereo speakers.
Got the idea from this video from DiyPerks.
I'm trying to recycle as much as I can:
Desktop speakers were defective and given to me by family,
Bluetooth receivers are from old earbuds,
Batteries come from and old powerbank,
Charging module from old vapes (still need to figure out a few things about them, not sure I'll end up using those).
The only thing I bought so far are amps for the audio output tu the speakers.
Any input or advice is welcome :)
I'll keep you updated with more details if anyone is interested
Recently dismantled a TV and its backlighting consisted of thin cfl tubes. This gave me the material to try something I've been curious about for a while!
I sealed some yeast in a little section of tubing for a friend's birthday (his last name is Baker). Kind of a shitty gift as i doubt it would survive as a keychain but I had fun making it (and its failed predecessors).
Here are the other attempts, from left to right: pepper, red and blue food coloring, yeast 
Plug one side of the cable on the left of the box, the other side on the right, press the button and whichever light doesn't come on means that part of the cable is faulty.
I learned a lot from my bad decisions :)
I made this a few years ago and still use it regularly! The "spoon" side fills up with 1 portion of rice and the hole in the handle can fit 1 portion of spaghetti. What do you think?
Edit: sorry about the double post.. I thought I had backed out and lost the first one so I posted this one, and I just noticed the first one went up
Made this out of a plastic bottle after seeing a YouTube video (can't give credit unfortunately as I can't find it anymore).
You can make it into any shape that the bottle will fit around (and can't be much smaller than the bottle since it will only shrink so much).
I used a piece of wood as template, cut the top of the bottle, put it around the piece of wood and shrank it with a heat gun. I then cut off the excess and shaped the closing mechanism.
It took a few tries to get it right but I've since used the technique to make containers/protections for several objects and I'm very happy with the results!
If you want to try this, be aware that the tightest you shrink the bottle around the template, the hardest it will be getting it out! I suggest making the template in atleast 2 pieces, this helped me a lot. (In this example I first pulled out the small wooden tab with pliers, and once out the bigger one came out easily).
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